Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
"Iron is real."
This is the post here in BF that made me LOL (as a Surly fanboy)
I really like the spandex/chafing ones too.
However in the original contest, I would definitely vote for the first one (crusade/commute). That definitely echos my experience. I am no longer concerned with evangelizing others to bike-commute (much -- I do organize a work-sponsored ride-to-free-lunch on Bike To Work Day, but mostly so I can get a free lunch).
And in the beginning, I would read about how y'all in different parts of the country would ride in rain and snow, and felt I had a duty to ride in the very occasional rain here in SoCal. Then I decided, I ain't got nothin to prove to nobody. If I wake up and it's raining, I'll drive. If I happen to check the weather ahead of time (very rare--why bother if the weather's perfect 360 days/year?) and see rain coming during the day, I'll drive so I don't have to get wet in the afternoon. And if I don't check, and end up getting wet on my ride home, it's ok. I own towels.